AUGUSTA — A bill to override a glitch that could negatively impact the Town of Old Orchard Beach's marketability when purchasing a bond for library renovations has passed both houses of the Legislature, and needs the governor's signature for fi More...

AUGUSTA (AP) — Maine's Democratic-led Legislature has approved roughly $50 million in bond proposals that would support small businesses and water infrastructure projects. The House and Senate approved the six bond proposals on Thursday a More...

LEWISTON (AP) — A Bates College student who's listed as a captain of the football team and a member of the lacrosse team is facing charges for allegedly bursting into a stranger's home and knocking over the elderly resident. More...

AUGUSTA — As the legislative session wound down on Thursday, Maine's Democratic-controlled Legislature approved a final attempt to expand health care coverage to about 70,000 low-income residents under the Affordable Care Act. More...

AUGUSTA — A bill to override a glitch that could negatively impact the Town of Old Orchard Beach's marketability when purchasing a bond for library renovations has passed both houses of the Legislature, and needs the governor's signature for fi More...

The sun is out and it's warming up after an unseasonably cold morning in northern New England. The National Weather Service says the temperature dipped to 22 early Thursday in Portland, breaking the old record of 24 set in 2003. More...

LEWISTON (AP) — School officials and police think the Lewiston High School 10th-grader suspended for having a bright yellow squirt gun at school was likely involved in a game called “Assassin.” The 15-year-old student suspend More...

SANFORD — Junior high school students, their families and other parishioners at St. Thérèse of Lisieux gathered together at Bowl-A-Rama in Sanford on Sunday, March 30, for the Strike Down Poverty Bowl-A-Thon. More...

ALFRED — A former pastor of a Biddeford mission has pled guilty to child pornography charges and will avoid prison time. On Wednesday, in York County Superior Court, James Napier of Alfred entered his plea to 10 counts of possession of se More...

On May 5, the Regional School Unit 21 budget for fiscal year 2015 is expected to be adopted by the School Board, encompassing just shy of $39 million in total costs. That represents an increase of a little less than 5 percent from fiscal year 2 More...

AUGUSTA — A registered nurse working in York has been convicted of 10 counts of stealing drugs and three counts of falsifying private records in connection with the theft of the prescription opioids meperidine, hydromorphone, fentanyl and morph More...

MIDDLEBURY, Vt. (AP) — A judge has ordered a mental health evaluation of a Vermont man charged with shooting and wounding two state police troopers and a disabled neighbor to determine if he is competent to stand trial. More...

OLD ORCHARD BEACH — The Old Orchard Beach softball team rallied in the sixth inning to tie up its season-opening game against Buckfield, but the Bucks responded with a big inning in the top of the seventh to pull away for a 13-7 win at Old Orch More...

Hernandez associate accused of lying to feds BOSTON (AP) — An associate of former New England Patriots tight end Aaron Hernandez was arrested in a gun trafficking investigation related to the murder case against Hernandez. More...

BIDDEFORD — The University of New England has received a $12,000 grant from the American Association for the Advancement of Science in support of its K-12 Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics Outreach in Neurosciences and Marine Sci More...

Social media has become an important part of many people's lives, as the place where they keep up to date on friends' and family members' milestones, follow the activities of entertainers and politicians, and share their own experiences and opinions. More...

KATMANDU, Nepal — An avalanche swept down a climbing route on Mount Everest early Friday, killing at least 12 Nepalese guides and leaving three missing in the deadliest disaster on the world's highest peak. More...

It's the first thing people do after meeting strangers in coffee shops and clubs favored by the young professionals now flocking into Austin, Portland and America's other trendy postmodern cities. More...

A service of comfort, healing and hope will be offered at First Parish Congregational Church UCC at the corner of Beach and Main streets in Saco, on Wednesday, April 30, at 7 p.m. Participants will share words, silence and the lighting of candles. More...

The Union Congregational Church, 18 Church St., York Beach, will host the following Holy Week observances: Sunday, April 20, 5:45 a.m., a brief Easter sunrise service at Sohier Park, overlooking the Nubble Lighthouse. More...

Finn Lee McCready, son of Dan McCready and Jessica Desmond of Sanford, born April 1. Cooper Jason Gagnon, son of Jason and Heather (Almeida) Gagnon of Saco, born April 1. Jackson Thomas Greenlaw, son of Mark Greenlaw and Amanda Wa More...